City have endured a testing time on the pitch and sit fifth in the Premier League table with their hopes of a record-extending fifth successive domestic championship in tatters.

So that went well didn’t it? There was me reminiscing about the win at Forest in 1979 and speculating whether lightning does strike twice in the same place. And what happened?

If the Champions League is like the dinner you get at a fancy restaurant, the domestic leagues are more like the humbler meals you make for yourself at home. They may not have the trimmings and the ...

City's spending was the second-biggest outlay ever worldwide by a club in the January transfer window behind Chelsea's 274 ...